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ellatholmes.bsky.social
ella t. holmes (wizard)
@ellatholmes.bsky.social
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Writer✨ Essayist. Disability Justice advocate. Thought-haver. Covid competent. Best of The Net Nominee 🤯 Wizard.

💖 https://linktr.ee/ellatholmes
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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · May 2
📌 Hello, it's me!
My name is Ella (she/her or they/them). I'm a human who writes, has thoughts, is a disability advocate, and sometimes dabble in the odd evil orb or two. Oh, and i love drawing wizards.
More details and links below!
a light green to blue gradient background with a collage of images and photos and text. An illustration of a wizard with bob-length orange hair and blue starry robes with knee-high bright pink socks lays across the top, next to the dark blue large header text that reads "Hello, it's me". In a pink cloud shape is dark text that reads "Ella T. Holmes. She/her or they/them". A brown sign post sits in the middle of the image, pointing left to "Facts" and right to "follow me". On the left a green box of dark text lists the following: fiction writer, essayist, thought-haver, disability advocate, artist, shrek fan, s-cargo lover. To the right, two dark blue boxes of white text read: On most socials @ellatholmes. YouTube and substack "Ella has thoughts".
ellatholmes.bsky.social
Bluesky not having a "save draft" option really saves me from posting the most ridiculous stuff
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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karasiert.bsky.social
🎊I heard I get to self-promo on my birthday so... Here are two lovely anthologies to add to your Christmas wishlist! Unconventional Love by Dragon Bone Publishing and Artifice & Access compiled by @ellatholmes.bsky.social ✨
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
No, no, that typo isn't a mistake.
It's a spirit typo; a deliberate imperfection inserted into a story in order to allow the writer's spirit to safely exit the document
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
How do we feel about...

✨️CRIP WORLD✨️
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 17d
Disabled & chronically ill folks: I NEED YOUR HELP. YES YOU!

The disability in Dystopia Anthology is coming along, and...

It needs a title! ✨️

Have any ideas? Let me know!
We're #CrippingDystopia 😈
a black background with dark smudges, featuring white distorted text that reads "you wouldn't crip a dystopia"
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
asked the cat if he'd like a treat just so he'd jump up on my lap and sleep there upon forgetting my deception
a yellow emoji that is facing left, smiling mischievously, rubbing two scheming hands together
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I  was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
gender is weird because some days I feel like Girl™️ and other days I feel like Adam Sandler
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
I'm so glad you love it 💖💖 Ramo was so fun to illustrate!
gaudymouse.bsky.social Nefarious "Pogna" Hexnificus, noted hoydon @gaudymouse.bsky.social · 10d
Amagahd it's done! Here she is, Ramo the level 3 monk! Every thanks in the world to @ellatholmes.bsky.social who saved a commission spot for me for a few days and added/changed the things I brought up in feedback. She was transparent, kind, and awesome. 10/10 will work with her again.
A brown rabbit sitting up on her haunches. She's wearing a top hat with ear cutouts, which she got from the ghost of a deceased magician whose assistant was also a preteen-sized rabbit. Her ears poke from the sides of the hat, and the right ear is pierced with a small silver ring. Her face looks rabbit-neutral at a glance but a closer look reveals that she has taken a level of madness on account of her recklessness, naivete, and Terminally Lovecraftian Curiosity. She looks like she's up to something. Around her back left leg is a plain leather cuff, and around both ankles are cuffs with a spur on the back of each for slashing damage. At her right floats her Mage Hand clad in a white glove. It's performing a flourish and sparkles float above it. It's a perfect drawing, courtesy of @ellatholmes.bsky.social.
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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nomonbooks.bsky.social
Cheeky little second newsletter to accompany my publication in Phano!

buttondown.com/NomOnBooks/a...

Read some words, click some links & find out about the thoughtful @ellatholmes.bsky.social and my 5* read published by @michaellaborn.bsky.social
A Taste of Change - Expansion
Musing on expansion, my latest publication in Phano, and spotlighting author, editor, disability activist and illustrator Ella T Holmes.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
RIP Alice Wong 💖

Alice has been and will always be a guiding star to me. She was such a brilliant advocate, writer, editor, and lovely person.

I hope more people continue to practice and fight for #DisabilityJustice in her name 💖
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
"Guillermo del Toro was so intentional about EVERYTHING" and yet hardly anybody is talking about how he put more disability and illness into the story than exists in the OG Frankenstein texts!! 😶‍🌫️

I want to yap about it!!
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
If I received a dollar for every time I came across this kind of question:

"For $$$$, would you [horrible thing we happily force disabled people to do their entire lives] for a month!?"

I'd actually be able to afford my $400+ a month medical bills.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
Well. Because life wasn't already hard enough, my ol' laptop decided to spontaneously fall apart 😭
Literally deteriorating into teeny pieces right before my eyes 👹
Ella's grey laptop semi-closed, with the camera focused on the broken hinge and exposed screws.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
🚨 I'm compiling a list, I'm checking it twice
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 17d
Disabled & chronically ill folks: I NEED YOUR HELP. YES YOU!

The disability in Dystopia Anthology is coming along, and...

It needs a title! ✨️

Have any ideas? Let me know!
We're #CrippingDystopia 😈
a black background with dark smudges, featuring white distorted text that reads "you wouldn't crip a dystopia"
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
my favourite character in the new Frankenstein was actually the cup of milk
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
It takes one second to think Elizabeth in the new Frankenstein is autistic, and 500 disabled days to write about it
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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imanibarbarin.bsky.social
I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.

They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
Instead of saying "fuck disabled people, i have to work 40+ hours a week to survive"...

You could stand in solidarity with us and help us achieve a world where your worth and survival is not dependent on how much work you can do, how little sleep you can get, and how many people you can starve.
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 17d
We’ve been conditioned to believe that empathy, care, and justice are scarce resources, and that if someone gains rights or support, someone else must lose them.
This isn't the case.
We made this shit up.

Wanting better for everyone isn’t a threat, it’s the foundation of collective liberation!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
Disabled & chronically ill folks: I NEED YOUR HELP. YES YOU!

The disability in Dystopia Anthology is coming along, and...

It needs a title! ✨️

Have any ideas? Let me know!
We're #CrippingDystopia 😈
a black background with dark smudges, featuring white distorted text that reads "you wouldn't crip a dystopia"
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
I've received some really cool messages so far, and I want more!😈
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · Oct 2
I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability
This image contains text on a two-toned green background. Header text in white reads "Handwritten message submissions wanted". Below that, a ripped piece of paper has brown handwriting that reads "We will survive. Together!". In the bottom left there is a slightly askew neon green mail sticker with the image of a green gas cloud and a skull. To the right of that is light pink text that reads "Write an empowering and supportive disability justice message, poem, or sentiment. Take a picture & submit to dis-anthology@outlook.com It will be included in a collage inside the upcoming anthology!" At the very bottom, centred, in bright green text, is the message "if you cannot hand write it.I can do that for you! Simply submit it as a typed message."
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
I've been thinking about how deeply our hyper-individualistic culture twists conversations about oppression. Too often, “I wish I had support too,” is heard as, “I wish someone else didn’t have support so I can have it.”

And this misunderstanding isn’t exactly accidental 🫣
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
ellatholmes.bsky.social
Mr. Bingley says hello 👋
A mostly white cat lying on his back on a grey rug, looking up at the camera. he has wide curious eyes and looks slightly playful, but mostly very cute.
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
I got to chat with @harperkinsley.bsky.social about writing disability and the complexity of "overcoming" narratives 😁💖

Watch it here 👉 youtu.be/Jaklw1v1r_E?...

& let us know what you think!

#Disability #DisabledStories #Writer
A pink and purple background with centered light blue text that reads "On Writing Disability & Overcoming" on top, and two wavy edged pictures of Ella (left) and Harper Kinsley (right). Between them is a light pink speech bubble with black text that says "chatting with Harper Kinsley".
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The problem with having a special interest in disability theory is that so many of the books are acedemic and so cost $50+ 😭

excuse me for wanting to read about the biopolitics of disability and not make my bank explode
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM